Alexander Technique with Loretta Manson

Alexander Technique with Loretta Manson Loretta Manson is a qualified Alexander Technique teacher (MSTAT), offering lessons in central London

The Alexander Technique is a unique self-help approach that helps people do the things they do with more ease and freedom - from sitting in front of a computer, to playing the guitar or singing an aria. With regular practice, it can enable the learner to identify and prevent harmful postural habits that may cause or exacerbate tension, pain and under-performance. The Alexander teacher uses gentle,

hands-on guidance to help the student find a more harmonious coordination of the head, neck, torso and limbs, promoting poise and freedom of movement. Our habitual ways of moving and holding ourselves have an effect on the way we feel and how well we function. Pupils of the Alexander Technique may notice improvements in their general health and well-being. Many rediscover a sense of calm, lightness, relaxation and alertness they have not experienced since childhood. People have Alexander Technique lessons for help with:
neck and shoulder tension
back problems
poor posture
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
stress management
pain management
recovery from accidents or injury
maximising benefits from sport and exercise
improving performance - playing an instrument, singing, dancing, acting
breathing and vocal expression

Developed by the Australian Frederick Mathias Alexander over a hundred years ago, the Alexander Technique has helped thousands of people to get more out of life by improving the way they approach the things they do.

I asked a pupil who is an enthusiastic advocate of the Alexander Technique what it is he finds valuable about it, and th...
08/08/2025

I asked a pupil who is an enthusiastic advocate of the Alexander Technique what it is he finds valuable about it, and this is what he said:

The present is a gift!
05/07/2025

The present is a gift!

One of the best instructions I’ve heard for meditation practice was given by Thai Buddhist teacher Ajahn Buddhadasa: “Do not do anything that takes you away from your body.”

The body lives in the present. When you are aware of the body, you are connected with living presence—the one place where you can see reality, see what is actually happening. Awareness of the body is our gateway into the truth of what is.

TR, Ch. 6, P. 80

19/03/2025

Our defences are highly developed, but not always adapted to the situation we are in. We can learn to respond more flexibly and constructively, and it helps to prepare the ground with an attitude of care.

SATURDAY INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP8 MARCH, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Bloomsbury Alexander Centre, LONDONA brief intro to the Alexande...
22/02/2025

SATURDAY INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
8 MARCH, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bloomsbury Alexander Centre, LONDON

A brief intro to the Alexander Technique, with take-home strategies for pain management and stress relief.

The Alexander Technique is an effective, tried and trusted approach for back pain, poor posture, performance improvement and personal growth. Called 'the performer's secret', it has been the mainstay of many performing artists' self-care for generations, and is taught on vocational training courses at music conservatories and drama schools internationally. For people living with conditions like neck and back pain, RSI and Parkinson's - and that ubiquitous one: STRESS 😵‍💫- the Alexander Technique is an invitation to discover how changing our habits of mind and body may contribute to a better quality of life. Like the hellebore in my garden, we have the potential to flower even when conditions are difficult! If you are curious to know what it is all about, this is an ideal session for you.

The workshop is limited to four participants. The small group size means that each participant benefits from some personal attention and hands-on work.

COST: £50 per person. £5 off if you bring a friend (you may bring up to two friends).

Please email me to book: loretta@greaterpoise.com

The courage to be a human being in a culture of doing…
18/02/2025

The courage to be a human being in a culture of doing…

How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list. How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because your body said “enough.”

How fearless you are for choosing the quiet of your soul over those voices driving you always towards more.
How bold, how rebellious -
you, out there,
honoring your own natural rhythm,
going against the culture’s breakneck speed.

I want to make heroes of those who slow down.
I want to make heroes of those who listen to their bodies, and do not strive for more than what the soul truly needs.
I want to make heroes of those who do not force or push, but surrender to each moment as it opens.
I want to applaud those who may not be driven towards success as we know it, but instead are nurturing something deep and subtle and needed.
I want to celebrate those brave enough to cease all doing, even for a second, and sit with the ache in their hearts. A task many find harder than summiting the highest peak.
I want to make heroes of those who honor their limitations. Who are unable to keep up with the busy-ness of our times, yet show up to each profound, necessary moment.
Truly, it is an act of courage and rebellion to do any such thing,
in a world demanding you resist your own self, your own rhythm, your own soul.
The paradox is that often when we cease our incessant doing, even for a minute, and listen to that quiet voice within, we discover what it is we absolutely must do, and what instead can fall away.
We finally hear the call towards what serves our soul,
and what then will serve the world. Nothing more, nothing less.
A hero is simply someone brave.
So come, be softly brave.
Be a new, quieter kind of hero.
Few may applaud, it’s true, but your soul certainly will.

Author : Leyla Aylin

Artwork: Sarah Treanor

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The Alexander Technique is a unique self-help approach that enables people do the things they do with more ease and freedom - from sitting in front of a computer, to playing the guitar or singing an aria. With regular practice, it can enable the learner to identify and prevent harmful postural habits that may cause or exacerbate tension, pain and under-performance. The Alexander teacher uses gentle, hands-on guidance to help the student find a more harmonious coordination of the head, neck, torso and limbs, promoting poise and freedom of movement. Our habitual ways of moving and holding ourselves have an effect on the way we feel and how well we function. Pupils of the Alexander Technique may notice improvements in their general health and well-being. Many rediscover a sense of calm, lightness, relaxation and alertness they have not experienced since childhood. People have Alexander Technique lessons for help with: neck and shoulder tension back problems poor posture repetitive strain injury (RSI) stress management pain management recovery from accidents or injury maximising benefits from sport and exercise improving performance - playing an instrument, singing, dancing, acting breathing and vocal expression Developed by the Australian Frederick Mathias Alexander over a hundred years ago, the Alexander Technique has helped thousands of people to get more out of life by improving the way they approach the things they do.